Health Service Journal
17 May 2007
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Encouraging clinicians to use data
The Information Centre for health and social care.has launched a new initiative to work more closely with clinicians to improve the quality of data used to measure patient outcomes. -
Gail Richards on work-life balance
The recent national staff survey offers a chance to see what NHS staff really think of where they work. One set of questions is used to 'assess the extent to which they believe that their trust and immediate manager are committed to helping them find a good balance between their work and home life'. This is set alongside the percentage of staff working extra hours and how many use flexible working options to shape an overall assessment. -
Improving data on private sector healthcare
As the proportion of NHS patients treated by the independent sector continues to rise, the Information Centre for health and social care.is focusing on new ways of improving the quality of.information submitted by private sector health providers, particularly about NHS-funded care. -
Information Centre unveils revamped website
The Information Centre for health and social care's revamped website includes improved access to information from the hospital episode statistics. -
Legal briefing: releasing value from land
Buildings need to be used efficiently and filled to capacity to raise money.needed for investment back into the health sector, argues Marisa Broadhurst. -
Myth-buster: bedbugs bite
Stephen Black challenges NHS untruths in the first in a new series -
Stepping up to patient care
The Stepping Up programme is designed to understand how improving access to treatments can improve people's well-being and prevent them from developing more serious mental health problems, writes Mark Needham. -
Working with Oakleigh Consulting
The Information Centre for health and social care's commercial management team is working with Oakleigh Consulting.to make information on the NHS more accessible.
